Guard or clip for eyeglasses.



No. 634,758. Patented Oct. [0, I899.

I B. KABUS. GUARD 08 CLIP FOB EYEGLASSES.

(Application filed Apr. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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ROBERT KABUS, OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

GUARD OR CLiP FOR EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,758, dated October 10, 1899 Application filed April 11,1899. Serial No. 212,610. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT KABUS, of the city of New York, (Garretsons,) borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Guard or Clip for Eyeglasses, of

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of eyeglasses having the improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bow portion of the eyeglasses, illustrating a guard or clip as supporting a lens in a vertical position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a guard or clip supporting a lens in V Fig. it-is a horizontal section through the bow, illustrating a portion of a lens in edgeview and a clip or guard attached to the lens in plan view. Fig. 5 is a'horizontal section taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. of a slightly-modified form of clip or guard,

and Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

A represents the lenses of eyeglasses, B the connecting-bow, and O the improved guards or clips. In each form of guard or clip'said guard or clip comprises a body member 10 and'an angular bracket-arm 12, and in each case the bracket-arm is vertically adjustable relative to the body ofthe guard or clip.

Under the form of device shown in Figs. 1,-

2, 3, 4, and 5 the body 10 consists of a metal plate of suitable dimensions provided with a covering 11 for its outer face, which covering Fig. 6 is a rear elevation- The vertical member of the bracket-arm exv tends beyond the plane of the inner face of the lenses, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and at the edge of the body 10, facing the bracketarm 12, an upper bearing let is constructed, and also a lower bearing 15, and a screw 16 is loosely mounted in the said bearings. The head of the screw is at its lower end. A sleeve 17, provided with an interior thread, is held to travel on the screw 16 between its bearings 14. and 15, and this sleeve is adjustably connected with the vertical member of the bracket-arm 12 through the medium of a setscrew 18 or the equivalent of the same. Thus it will be observed that by turning the screws 16 the lenses may be raised and lowered to accommodate the glasses to the work of the wearer, enabling the wearer to look at an acute angle downward or upward through the lenses without the rim interfering with the line of vision, and bychanging the angle of the body with reference-to the bracket arm 12, which can be done by loosening and then tightening the set-screws 18, the lenses may be adjusted laterally-that is, they may be held perpendicularly or may be given any desired slant with reference to the face.

Under the construction of the device shown in Figs. 6. and 7 the body consists of a plate 19, having its side edges beveled, the front face of the plate being provided with a cushion or facing 20 of any description, and at the back of the body an upper and a lower bearing 21 are constructed, in which a screw 22 is adapted for attachment to the socket connected with the lens, and the vertical member of the bracket-arm 23 is provided upon its outer face with a cushion 24, which extends properly to an engagement with a side of the nose. Under this construction the only adjustment possible for the lenses is a vertical adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, consisting of a body-plate, a screw mounted to turn loosely in bearings carried by the body-plate, and a bracket-arm provided with a threaded sleeve through which the said screw is passed, for the purpose specified.

2. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, consisting of a body-plate, a screw mounted loosely upon said body-plate, an internally-threaded sleeve through which said screw passes, and a bracket-arm adj ustably attached to said sleeve, whereby the bracket-arm may be adjusted longitudinally of the body-plate, or may be adjusted to or from said plate, as set forth.

3. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, comprising a bracket-arn1,a sleeve adj ustably mounted on the bracket-arm, and a body-plate 1011* gitudinally adjustable in the sleeve, substantially as described.

4. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, comprising a bracket-arm, a sleeve pivoted to the bracket-arm so that it can be laterally adjusted thereon, and a body-plate longitudinally adjustable in the said sleeve, substantially as described.

5. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, comprising a body-plate provided with bearings, a screw mounted to turn loosely in said bearings, a bracket-arm upon which the bodyplate is mounted to slide, and a threaded sleeve onthe bracket-arm and in which the screw works, substantially as described.

6. A guard or clip for eyeglasses, comprising a body-plate having beveled edges and provided with bearings, a screwloosely mounted in said bearings, and a bracket-arm provided with a dovetail socket in which the bodyplate is loosely fitted, and with a threaded sleeve or lug in which the screw works, sub= stantially as described.

ROBERT KABUS. WVitnesses:

J. FRED. AoKER, EVERARD BoLToN MARSHALL. 

